As you may remember, the lease on the wife’s Audi is up and she was going to get an SUV.  She had narrowed it down to the Touareg and the Infiniti FX (yeah, I know, not quite the same, but it is  *her* car).  Anyhow, with gas prices going up, she decided she just wasn’t ready to make the switch from sports car to “truck”, so we had to start over.  We narrowed it down to the Lexus IS, Acura TL and Infiniti G35. 

Well, we just got back from picking up her new IS250.  It’s a decent car, more fun to drive than most Lexus vehicles.  We debated about getting the powerful IS350, but she said she could live with the extra trade of an extra 2 seconds on 0-60 time for the extra 4 MPG in fuel economy.

So, this means I keep the an SUV.  My plan is to sell the ML320 and trade up to a 2002 or 2003 ML55.  If I sell mine and can’t find what I want, then I’ll go for a 2003+ ML500. 

So, anyone wanna buy a slightly used 2001 ML320?;)

As you may remember, the lease on the wife’s Audi is up and she was going to get an SUV.  She had narrowed it down to the Touareg and the Infiniti FX (yeah, I know, not quite the same, but it is  *her* car).  Anyhow, with gas prices going up, she decided she just wasn’t ready to make the switch from sports car to “truck”, so we had to start over.  We narrowed it down to the Lexus IS, Acura TL and Infiniti G35. 

Well, we just got back from picking up her new IS250.  It’s a decent car, more fun to drive than most Lexus vehicles.  We debated about getting the powerful IS350, but she said she could live with the extra trade of an extra 2 seconds on 0-60 time for the extra 4 MPG in fuel economy.

So, this means I keep the an SUV.  My plan is to sell the ML320 and trade up to a 2002 or 2003 ML55.  If I sell mine and can’t find what I want, then I’ll go for a 2003+ ML500. 

So, anyone wanna buy a slightly used 2001 ML320?;)

I like how you are concerned about MPG on your new car but yet talk about getting an ML 55 AMG lol The 55 will eat gas so fast since it will be so much fun to redline it everyday.

So, this means I keep the an SUV.  My plan is to sell the ML320 and trade up to a 2002 or 2003 ML55.  If I sell mine and can’t find what I want, then I’ll go for a 2003+ ML500. 

Asian, are you thinking about hitting on my wife in the Lexus forums?  LOL! You realize we are old enough to be your parents (nearly old enough to be your grandparents – we already have an 11yo granddaughter!)   Regardless, my wife is not much for online interaction.  In fact, she’s not much of a “car” person, although it’s funny because she always picks the sportiest-driving cars out of all of her choices and she hates the mushy Buick-like ride of most Lexus vehicles.  I’ve been poking around on Club Lexus just to see if there’s any good info on the IS (which there isn’t – everything they discuss is in the owner’s manual).  Is that the forum you’d recommend, or is there another better one?